MarkMc

Think the OP problems started with room dividers. Images I posted have 3 around the island, wall with door opening, and divider between two back rooms-total of 3 rooms.

That was what I thought but it didn't work. In any case-unless those are inset cabinets you need fillers in the corner in real life to fit the doors -even with insets I'd use an inch. If you decrease the depth of the fillers the box goes away. I do this all the time anyway to avoid confusing installers. Shown with filler overlays in place.

I'd agree Graham- the biggest difference in how dark the room behind dividers is comes from ambient light settings. Does all get brighter with photon. Do you have a room divider in there?

Nice tip P. I haven't run into this and wondered why (being I'm usually dog paddling with RTs) I recently did some RTs where I had room dividers around an island without having this problem. Went and played with that plan looking into other rooms. I took out all "light sources" (which I usually have in other rooms) and added some recessed cans, then tried some RT variations I had. Photon Mapping appears to solve the issue but .. It looks as if you do have Photon Mapping on? are there actually lights in the other room? Other thing (I got this from Jintu)-ambient light? On another note- I'd love the settings for the material on that cabinet. Ooh and another- is there a way to import Ray Trace settings from one plan to another?

Depends on what you mean? either what Joe and Perry suggest or if you mean a true clipped corner. Front clip has a 1/16 filler between it and the wall that is set back from the front edge of the cabinet by 1/16. IRL I wouldn't be doing that with anything less than a 1-1/2" filler likely 3 though. Back clip also has 1/16 filler between it and the wall set just forward of the clip, cabinet is 1/16" shallower than the adjacent cabinet and pulled that much off the wall. Note that there is a limit to clip size so if you need more at the back then the other suggestions apply.

After I logged off (missus was chasing me). I realized why I've never run into this. I never order a cabinet for this, instead I order a subbase and a frame OR spec site built subbase and other solid stock. Either makes installers much happier than messing with a cabinet (that most don't make properly)

Yeah it's a bug IMO, I can duplicate it. Alternate work around is to block it, include in schedule, change to automatic label, be sure cabinet schedule includes "other" and suppress the label of the cabinet proper. Advantage is the cabinet itself is correct. Since I always have blocks in my plan to get stuff into the schedule anyway it's not a big deal. Add to your library for future use.

I've used GPU-Z, pretty simple, lightweight, free.

Thanks

When I first got CA I was using Dell Precisions with Quadro cards, switched to gaming cards after a year or two based on recommendations here. Can't say for sure as the gaming cards were newer and stronger but noticeably better performance after switching. Considered a desktop card with this machine, skipped it but went with desktop CPU and no Intel card. Works well.

As an alternative to full Adobe I use Bluebeam PDF Revu, less expensive. Combine, rearrange, optimize...my second favorite program. If I didn't have that I'd join Perry.

Scott it's the scale as David points out- attached shows exported layout re-imported with lines weights the way you see them, next to it is same file-resized in cad then imported.

You can one page at a time-export current view-dwg. Line weights do save. Will go to model space in cad not to layout, at the scale used in the layout NOT to world scale. I use plot lines to begin with so don't know about live views. I check em in TurboCad Deluxe (cheap) can use Double Cad (free). Always have to size to extents to see it and need to have a white background-or select all and change the line colors.

I use arch blocks to get items that are not cabinets into the schedule. Only rarely will I use it for a cabinet, maybe two. Had tried it once for a two tone kitchen. Problem is half the dimensions will be correct, but a perpendicular wall will have length and width backwards. Makes too much clean up.

If it's an island in one style with only a cabinet or two and some parts-I use room dividers around the island. Then block psolids with labels, included in the schedule for parts and another cabinet. You can mess with the psolid to get correct dimension in the schedule or overwrite it on the schedule with a filled text block. If it is wall cabinets in one finish and bases in another then I use two plans. One complete (working plan) with all cabinets but walls not included in schedule. Second plan just for schedule -save as, delete base cabinets (or don't include), include wall cabinets in schedule-change or add letter for schedule callout. That gets you the two schedules. For prints I've done it a couple of ways. Lately I've taken to just manually adding the second set of callout labels to the first plans views. That way it is clear where the correct sizes are and the labels don't change. You just have to update the second plan so the schedule matches any changes you make. Delete the wall cabinets in the second plan, copy and paste place the updated wall cabinets, adjust schedule numbering if needed. This means I always have a live schedule for the bases and a live schedule for the wall cabinets (so long as you update) and always work in one plan. In the past I've tried using overlapping floor plans/elevations in layout either with one live plan and a cad detail, one showing wall cabinets the other bases. Also tried a cad detail with and only showing the callouts. Right now I'm sticking with manual callouts, live working plan, second plan for schedule.

FWIW- Open Office Writer allows larger sizes-at least to 36 x 48. Can read and write to Word formats but likely lose the size if importing to MS.

No awning tool-Window DBX- treatment-exterior millwork above ..... Here is a go at what you started-may help you get there, be a lot easier if the original was made in correct orientation. I get confused rotating symbols and the like. Awning My Attempt_a start.plan

Names- Bar Hardware_Short; ..._Short Vertical; ..._Long

Ha-I only read your post and went and rummaged around looking for why you couldn't see em, didn't realize that they weren't there...doh Forged hardware.calibz

My assistant made these up for a job we are working- nice match to Richelieu forged iron hardware, second client to use em so here.

Chiefs built in pdf printer allows printing to scale directly from layout. It also allows you to control the DPI. All that should be enough for plans. If you need more than that or are doing images then you might want another option.

Rod thanks will give that a go next time.

Done a few 3dpdf's from chief. Tested a few kitchens, used for a couple of complicated cabinets. I export model, open in Turbocad Deluxe, create 3D pdf with $50 plug-in, annotate and create views in Bluebeam PDF review. Already had TCad and BB. All that part is easy. Textures, colors have been tricky to plan. Tried to export a portion of a model with both wall surfaces and framing on separate layers without success.

Create in Excel, turn on borders, copy, paste into Real Text in Chief-remains editable.

Can control images better with File, export picture-increase DPI, import picture into layout. Shadows- depends on which lights are on- for added lighting (3d-lighting) be sure to select soft shadows, often turn off some of the actual lights in a room (kitchens where there may be many) or select no shadows, often need to mess with materials properties. In particular I make ceilings more emissive.